Feedback for a parts list for my buddy.

[pyrojoe34]

Here is the part list I came up with for him. His plan is to use it with a 3 monitor setup mostly for trading and productivity with some gaming as well. I went a little overkill with the GPU and CPU because it's a build he wants to last him 4-5yrs and he does a lot of multi tasking. I went with the 1600X over the 1600 because he likely won't OC and the $30 difference seems worth the 400Mhz increase in base and boost speeds. Anything you think I should change? Where could I save some money and try to get it down $1100? I want to stick with 16GB of RAM for multitasking and stick with a 6-core, For the time being just the 500GB SSD is fine for him, he can grab a HDD to supplement in the future if needed. It sucks that RAM and SSD prices are so high... that adds like $100 over the price from like a year ago...

 

Just looking for some feedback.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($226.09 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($151.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($434.89 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1225.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-18 13:07 EDT-0400

[hconverse02]

The 1600x is a waste of $20 because you can overclock the 1600 to the same speeds

[Ashiella]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

The 1600x is a waste of $20 because you can overclock the 1600 to the same speeds

He is special

[pyrojoe34]

1 minute ago, hconverse02 said:

The 1600x is a waste of $20 because you can overclock the 1600 to the same speeds

Like I said above, he will not be OCing (he doesn't have experience and needs stability without issue) the only think I will OC for him is the RAM to 3000Mhz. It's worth the extra $20 to him to not have to deal with OC. Trust me, I know the 1600 makes sense for most people but in his case I think the 1600x is better overall and less hassle.

[hconverse02]

1 minute ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Like I said above, he will not be OCing (he doesn't have experience and needs stability without issue) the only think I will OC for him is the RAM to 3000Mhz. It's worth the extra $20 to him to not have to deal with OC. Trust me, I know the 1600 makes sense for most people but in his case I think the 1600x is better overall and less hassle.

Eh it takes a 30 second download of ryzen master and if you don't need to push your cpu to its limits, just choosing your favorite clock and voltage would work on most aios.

[pyrojoe34]

What about the PSU? I went with T2 but I think a T3 for $50-60 is more than fine for him. Had a hard time deciding on which one though.

[CostcoSamples]

That build is flawless.

[pyrojoe34]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

Eh it takes a 30 second download of ryzen master and if you don't need to push your cpu to its limits, just choosing your favorite clock and voltage would work on most aios.

I'm avoiding AIOs for him. This is to be a very hands off build for him. Basically no maintenance other than dusting once it's set up.

[hconverse02]

Just now, pyrojoe34 said:

I'm avoiding AIOs for him. This is to be a very hands off build for him. Basically no maintenance other than dusting once it's set up.

Whatever floats your boat

[pyrojoe34]

1 minute ago, CostcoSamples said:

That build is flawless.

Yea I can't seem to find any parts I really want to compromise much more on. I convinced him to get a mechanical keyboard (after about 20 seconds of using mine) and he will likely get 3x 1440p (but will only game on 1 monitor). He's also already got a G600 but since he doesn't really do FPS I don't think the latency is an issue.

[pyrojoe34]

2 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

Whatever floats your boat

It's hard to build for people who are less tech-savy because you really want it to be as simple as possible. If it was my build I'd make some changes but you have to understand where in-experienced people are coming from.

[paddy-stone]

$65 increase for not going with the 1600 and OCing his/yourself... seems a big difference, that's another 8GB ram or something else that might be useful for that money IMO.

[seon123]

There's not really anything wrong with the build. 

If you don't overclock, you could save $20 if you went for an A320 board. If he might overclock in the future, those $20 might be worth it, though. 

There's some cheaper 3000 MHz kits, but they're mostly ugly, or they have CL16. Do note that Ryzen only runs CL on even numbers, so CL15 will be run at CL16. 

You could save $30 on the PSU if you went for the TX550M (semi modular), or like $5 if you went for the Seasonic Focus Plus Gold. 

[pyrojoe34]

10 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

$65 increase for not going with the 1600 and OCing his/yourself... seems a big difference, that's another 8GB ram or something else that might be useful for that money IMO.

$65? I see a $20-30 price difference. It's $196 for the 1600 and $226 for the 1600x.

[paddy-stone]

Just now, pyrojoe34 said:

$65? I see a $20-30 price difference. It's $196 for the 1600 and $226 for the 1600x.

You also have to buy a CPU cooler when you get the 1600x version, so hence the $65 approx difference

 

[pyrojoe34]

7 minutes ago, seon123 said:

There's not really anything wrong with the build. 

If you don't overclock, you could save $20 if you went for an A320 board. If he might overclock in the future, those $20 might be worth it, though. 

There's some cheaper 3000 MHz kits, but they're mostly ugly, or they have CL16. Do note that Ryzen only runs CL on even numbers, so CL15 will be run at CL16. 

You could save $30 on the PSU if you went for the TX550M (semi modular), or like $5 if you went for the Seasonic Focus Plus Gold. 

I think I'll stick with B350 in case I convince him to OC in the future or he gets really into it and tries it anyway. The only reason I went with the slightly higher price RAM is (like you said) the cheaper ones are super ugly and I have had really good experiences with Corsair. Thanks for the advice though... I jsut noticed I missed getting a Corsair CS550M from newegg for $40... maybe I'll have him wait a few days to see if I get more codes.

[pyrojoe34]

2 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

You also have to buy a CPU cooler when you get the 1600x version, so hence the $65 approx difference

 

Ah, didn't realize the 1600 comes with a cooler, that makes sense. I'll have to think on it. I want to leave him the option to OC in the future (hence the decent air cooler) but he certainly won't do it right off the bat.

[paddy-stone]

Just now, pyrojoe34 said:

Ah, didn't realize the 1600 comes with a cooler, that makes sense. I'll have to think on it. I want to leave him the option to OC in the future (hence the decent air cooler) but he certainly won't do it right off the bat.

No worries, just wanted to make you aware of the cost difference that exists just to have it's clockspeed a bit faster out of the box. You can literally OC these within a few minutes if you're just using a mid-high setting, like 3.6-3.8Ghz, the included cooler should suffice for that too, depending on fan/case setup.

[pyrojoe34]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

No worries, just wanted to make you aware of the cost difference that exists just to have it's clockspeed a bit faster out of the box. You can literally OC these within a few minutes if you're just using a mid-high setting, like 3.6-3.8Ghz, the included cooler should suffice for that too, depending on fan/case setup.

Oh I know, I OC all my PCs right off the bat... it's just different when building with a newbie. You have to ease them into it because they are often very weary about OCing a brand new $1000+ build with no experience.